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Scientists and researchers from the Russian space agency are expected to hold high level meetings in order to prepare for a mission that would be based on the deflection of the 99942 Apophis, a near earth object asteroid that is believed to pass quite close to our plant in about 20 years from now. As per the studies conducted, the 99942 Apophis asteroid [...]

It was a launch that was marred by weather delays and other issues that had sprouted a hint of skepticism among the public in regards to the launch of NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis. But,m everything went smoothly and Atlantis successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS). After successfully completing the tasks given to them, [...]

The European Space Agency has issued formal request to recruit volunteers for a simulated 520-day manned Mars mission, that is scheduled to begin in the year 2010. The proposed experiment is designed to evaluate the psychological and medical impacts of long duration space missions. The volunteers will be living working in a sealed facility in Russia, [...]